Swizec Teller

I travel the world and help startups win. From setting up new teams and training juniors, to fixing spaghetti code and implementing new features.

My code has been used by MasterCard, Commerzbank, Google, Mashable, Lyft, and many others.

When I’m not coding, I’m writing.

At least 5000 people bought my books ... I don’t know if that’s a lot, but it’s more than zero. I like that.

My work has been featured in Business Insider, LifeHacker, Huffington Post, and several dead-tree magazines. I’ve spoken on BBC Radio, appeared on Slovenian national television, and given talks all over the world.

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Some of my consulting clients

SeriousMumbo

"Swizec grasped complex ideas imemdiately and required no micromanagement, which gave me more time to focus on overall strategy. A project lead's dream. A beautiful dream."~ Sherman Boyd, founder

I developed custom software for a self-contained mail server device. As of early 2015 the project is gearing up for a Kickstarter launch.

Tech: node.js, html5, Angular.js

Dwellers

"Dude, if we never had you we woulda been so fucked"~ Phillip Nazarian, cofounder

I was "the older guy" for a team of Stanford grads building a groceries on demand product. We went from idea to first paying customers in a month. As of early 2015, the team has pivoted into MathCrunch.

Tech: Ruby on Rails, Less, Backbone.js, Heroku, Circle CI

Reciprocity

I joined a team developing custom risk and compliance software used internally at Google, Lyft and other web startups. On top of adding features and fixing bugs, I am streamlining their hiring and onboarding processes, and improving engineering practices.

Tech: Flask, Can.js, Compass, AppEngine, Travis CI

ResponsiveAds

I built custom features required by MasterCard after the startup's old team fell apart. We ultimately failed to meet the deadline, but as of early 2015 the team is still going strong.

Tech: node.js, Angular.js, HTML5

Ribbon

I added unit testing and proper currencies support to a global payments processing startup. The state of their codebase had started impacting their post Series A growth. As of early 2015, the company has pivoted into a pay-your-friends service.

Tech: ruby on rails

Xicor

Improved the stability of a commodities trading platform for a Swiss startup. It was used by some major European banks and ultimately got acquired by Commerzbank.

When you're learning d3.js on your own you often feel like Step 1: Draw two circles, is followed by Step 2: Draw the
rest of the owl. My book aims to bridge that gap.

I guide you through complete examples from basic shapes on a page to full blown visualisations. There is no magic here, no steps left unexplained. You will understand everything that goes into making a visualization with d3.js.

Some of my talks

Swizec had every­one simul­ta­ne­ously laugh­ing, com­mis­er­at­ing and applaud­ing with his epic tale of blood, sweat, tears and rewrites. This ses­sion also fea­tured the sin­gle best quote of the entire con­fer­ence: “Edi­tors are hor­ri­ble people”.
~ Kay Smoljak about my talk at WTD Hungary 2014

First talk of the conference that made me want to close my laptop
~ lowk3y about my keynote at Drupal Alpe Adria 2014